Anil has reported extensively on Naxals, Buddhism, crime and education, besides covering elections. Worked initially on Desk before moving to reporting. Has worked in Patna, Dhanbad and Gaya.
Articles by Anil Kumar Ojha
Chancellor’s nod to PG course in Magahi at Bihar’s Magadh University
The main dialect of Bihar’s Magadh region, Magahi is at present being taught at the graduation level in 36 colleges of Magadh University
Published on Nov 24, 2017 04:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Three returning from relative’s cremation killed in Bihar road accident
The accident took place near Budhaul village in Aamas police station area of Gaya district in Bihar.
Published on Nov 08, 2017 01:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Double whammy: Business crippled, Gaya cyber café owner who caught terror suspects faces threat to life
Cyber café owner Anurag Basu has petitioned Gaya district magistrate Kumar Ravi and senior superintendent of police Garima Malik to provide “adequate security” to him and his family.
Published on Oct 30, 2017 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Help pours in from abroad for Gaya cyber cafe owner who caught terror suspects
Overwhelmed by the support from unexpected quarters, cyber cafe owner Anurag Basu is again ready to take risk for the sake of the country.
Updated on Oct 04, 2017 06:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Gaya cyber café owner who caught terror suspects turns pauper
Anurag Basu’s heroism is extracting a huge price on him and his family in financial terms.
Updated on Oct 01, 2017 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Expired drug racket in Gaya: More heads set to roll as probe nears conclusion
The state drug authorities, during a random inspection of the central drug store at JPN Hospital at Gaya in south Bihar, about eight months ago, had stumbled upon serious irregularities in the store.
Published on Sep 25, 2017 08:21 PM IST
Govt hospital store in Bihar’s Gaya sealed after expired drugs supplied, probe ordered
Gaya civil surgeon Dr Baban Kunwar says 39 types of expired drugs were recovered from the store of Jaya Prakash Narayan Hospital at Gaya in Bihar.
Published on Sep 23, 2017 03:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Maoists blow up private solar power firm’s buildings in Bihar’s Gaya
The Maoists also set on fire other buildings adjacent to the control room of Wellson Energy Company Private Limited at Saun village in Gaya district.
Published on Sep 19, 2017 03:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Gaya court remands terror suspects Tauseef, two others, to 4-day police custody
Ahmedabad serial blasts 2008 case accused Tauseef Khan, nabbed in Gaya (Bihar), on Wednesday, was earlier produced in the court of chief judicial magistrate Ramanand Ram.
Published on Sep 15, 2017 08:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
2008 Ahmedabad blast accused among two terror suspects arrested from cyber café at Gaya
The arrested persons had earlier refused to produce copies of Aadhaar, which the cyber café owner demanded before allowing them to access the internet.
Updated on Sep 14, 2017 07:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Bihar road rage case: Ex-JD(U) leader’s son Rocky Yadav gets life sentence
A local court in Bihar’s Gaya sentenced Rocky Yadav, the son of a former Janata Dal(United) lawmaker, and two others to life imprisonment for killing 19-year-old Aditya Sachdeva
Updated on Sep 07, 2017 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Hearing in Aditya Sachdeva murder case concludes, verdict in early September likely
Rocky Yadav is accused of murdering class 12 Gaya student Sachdeva in May 2016, allegedly after he was enraged over the school boy’s car overtaking his SUV on the road linking Gaya with Bodh Gaya, in Bihar.
Published on Aug 24, 2017 07:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Woman beaten up, tonsured and externed from village in Bihar for talking to co-villager
The 32-year-old woman said she was talking to a co-villager on Tuesday when her neighbours started beating her up.
Updated on Aug 23, 2017 03:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Aditya Sachdeva murder case: Prosecution concludes arguments, expects conviction
Undeterred by the setback that saw four witnesses turn hostile, the prosecution referred to the forensic science laboratory (FSL) report, mobile call details records and other material evidence to back its case.
Published on Aug 21, 2017 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Maoists blow up community hall, under-construction police building in Bihar’s Gaya
An armed squad of the CPI (Maoist) planted dynamites that blew up the buildings at Dhangai village in Barachatti police station area of Gaya district late Sunday night.
Updated on Aug 07, 2017 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
India well prepared to meet any threat: Army chief Bipin Rawat
Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat visited Bodh Gaya on Friday and offered prayers at Mahabodhi temple, a Unesco world heritage site, for global peace.
Published on Jul 08, 2017 04:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Maoist threat halts road projects in Gaya, sends vendors in panic mode
The ultras have put up posters in their strongholds in Gaya district of western Bihar, threatening contractors with ‘dire consequences’ if they persisted with their ongoing road and bridge construction projects.
Published on Jun 24, 2017 08:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Notice served on 55 Bodh Gaya monasteries for alleged violation of building rules
The Bodh Gaya nagar panchayat initiated the action after a petition was filed by the hoteliers’ Association and the mukhiya sangh in the Patna high court against “violation of building rules and conversion of monasteries into guest houses and hotels”.
Updated on Jun 21, 2017 01:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
87 private BEd colleges to file contempt petition in Patna HC against Bihar univ over affiliation row
The BEd colleges, whose affiliation Magadh University syndicate has decided to transfer to Aryabhatta Knowledge University, said matter related to affiliation was sub-judiced and they would file a contempt petition in the Patna high court.
Updated on Jun 20, 2017 12:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Woman sarpanch in Bihar settles 20-year-old land dispute in 6 days
Pushpanjali Singh has already settled 52 civil and 30 criminal cases since taking over as head of Wari panchayat, comprising 18 villages and 15 wards in Dobhi police station area of Gaya district, in June 2016
Published on Jun 16, 2017 11:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Maoists blow up railway track in Jharkhand, train movement hit
The track was blown up between Chichaki and Karmabad stations under Dhanbad railway division of East Central Railway at around 12.40 am, shortly after the Jharkhand bandh, called by Maoists, began.
Published on May 29, 2017 03:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Designer turbans for sarpanchs in Gaya district gather dust
The Gaya district administration had in 2015 received 332 nyay pagris, each costing Rs 501, but they are yet to be distributed among Panch Parmeshwars or sarpanchs of village courts.
Updated on May 26, 2017 10:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Rs 100-cr ‘Shakti circuit’ to counter Maoism on Bihar-Jharkhand border
The project envisages developing tourism facilities at Jharkhand shrines of Kauleshwari and Bhadrakali (Itakhori) in Chatra district and Chhinmastika at Rajrappa in Hazaribagh, with Dobhi in Gaya (Bihar), serving as the gateway.
Updated on May 28, 2017 10:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
A lynching in Gaya splits Bihar politicos on caste lines
A killing over a local dispute near Mandar village under Imamganj police station of Gaya district, on May 11, has served to accentuate the upper caste-OBC divide in caste-driven Bihar.
Published on May 17, 2017 06:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Land dispute acquires hue of caste conflict in Bihar’s Gaya, has police on the edge
A tussle between an upper caste landlord and an OBC farmer of a nearby village, for control over a tract of land, has led to killing of the landlord and unleashed a cycle of retaliatory violence in Gaya district.
Published on May 15, 2017 07:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Village near Bodh Gaya worships Buddha as Goddess
Village women at Bhuraha in Gaya district even apply vermillion on idols, unearthed during unconventional digging, treating them to be variation of goddess Durga and Kali.
Updated on May 30, 2017 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Religious hymns silence Maoist guns on Bihar-J’khand border
Footfalls to Kauleshwari hills, a pilgrimage site for Hindus, Jains and Buddhists in Chatra district of Jharkhand, have increased after development schemes forced Maoists to shift base from there.
Updated on May 19, 2017 09:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
With 50 winners in 2017, a poor weavers’colony in Bihar celebrates its JEE success
As the power looms of Patwatoli (Manpur) at Gaya in Bihar fell silent, children of poor local weavers scripted an engineering entrance examination success story that has endured for two decades.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 04:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
For longevity of Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, marble flooring under it to go
Forest Research Institute experts, who assessed the health of the Bodhi tree in March, are understiood to have recommended the dismantling of the marble at the base and its environs, observing that the marble intensified the heat of the sun, due to which, the tree could wither.
Updated on Apr 27, 2017 10:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha
Bihar varsity staff to move HC against ‘gifting’ of land to IIM, resist demarcation
Magadh University’s teaching and non-teaching staff say the transfer of 118.28 acres land to Indian Institute of Management,Bodh Gaya, is illegal.
Published on Apr 26, 2017 04:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gaya | Anil Kumar Ojha